The Reel Rejects - Extended Version: Knives Out 3 WAKE UP DEAD MAN (2025) MOVIE REACTION!! Daniel Craig | Josh Brolin | Rian Johnson

Episode Date: December 13, 2025

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It started with a scream inside a quiet Maryland home, a mother trying to protect the family dog and her son in the grip of a violent hallucinogenic rage. By the time it was over, she was dead, and he claimed LSD made him do it. His name, David Minor the 4th, and we talked to him. Listen to Invisible Choir every other week as we uncover the most haunting true crimes you've never heard of, available wherever you get your podcasts. Thank you to Shopify for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit.

Well, hello there, fellow citizen of the Reject Nation. We are here today to watch Wake Up Dead Man. A knobs out mystery today. All right. Well, look at us. There's four of us. Hey. How'd this happen? Well, a little backstory. John and I covered Glass Onion a couple years ago.

Video went through the roof. These two have been covering knives out and Glass Onion right now, so it was like... Went down into the ground. It's combined forces. We don't have the timing to do it for Stranger Things, so we can do it for this Ryan Johnson Adventure. Tara, how are you feeling right now? I'm doing... I'm doing good.

I'm doing good. It's a holiday time. I really like it. I have my Santa thing on and my reject sweater on, so I feel good. You look good. I like when you touch your chest. Andrew, you're not touching your chest. Touch it!

good job how are you feeling Andrew it's good I got my reject thing shirt on I love this even though it was supposed to be Greg sorry about that buddy it's the best she gave it to me pretty good one

yeah I'm doing okay my back's been bothering me I've been feeling a little bit like Toby McGuire from Spider-Man too so but I'm doing okay I'm excited I love this series seriously

yeah it's fun Aaron and I have been talking about this I don't know about the rest of y'all feel but I would love to see a Ryan Johnson Star Wars film that's a murder mystery like this just saying like why did he try to kill Kylo.

Yeah. And John. Onion. How are you feeling? Great. I'm fantastic. It's holiday times. Like Tara said, we're going to watch a mystery.

I'm excited. These are always a fun ensemble experience for film nerds. Let's do it. How are you feeling? I'm feeling good, man. I haven't shot anything in quite a while. So I'm excited to be joining all you guys. You guys could carry the heavy load while I just sit here quietly.

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Yeah. Booyah. God, the string music in these. Brilliant. I wonder what, like, the political theme will be this time. We didn't get a ta-dum. I stayed away from the trailers. I haven't seen the trailer either.

Me neither. Have you? I haven't seen it. All I know is it might be a little poish. Starting off on a fireplace, huh? Hard to know where to start. I guess to tell the story of the Good Friday murder through my eyes. I got to start here.

Oh, I love him. That guy from the... Nine months ago, when this asshole deacon said something way out of the line, and I did this. Did you snap? Oh, bah. You got a little fight, ready? What a fun start to watching a priest do something appreciative. Reminds me of John at round one.

In my previous life, yes, I was a boxer. I lived on the streets. I did some other things. We need fighters today. But to fight the world, not ourselves. Shepherd. Right. Shepherd.

The world is a wolf. No. The world is a wolf. Okay. The world is a vampire. I don't believe that, father, respectfully. You start fighting wolves and before you know and everyone you don't understand is a wolf.

He was a wolf. He was a wolf. Fight an instinct and I gave into it today, but Christ came to heal the world, not fight it. I believe that. This, not this, you know? Is this going to have a religious angles? Just want to be a good priest.

Huh. Show broken people like me, the forgiveness and love of Christ. The world needs that so bad. Yeah, you can tell he's got a moral complexity. You give me one more shot, and I promise I'll do that. I'll not miss my chance to blow. I like to do this in the basketball gym. I'm going to...

Interesting. Let's see if we can all solve this mystery together again. Jeffrey Wright did it. You stuck your neck out for me so many times. I let you down. All right, all right. Deacon Clark is famously... we're sending you to a small parish in chimney rock

it's just one priest there now assistant pastor well curb your enthusiasm hey do do do do do do you're going to our lady of perpetual fortitude led by monseigneur Jefferson Wix have you heard of Jefferson Wix Wix has his supporters here I'm not one of them between you and me I think he's a few beads shy of a full rosary and a real son of a bitch bars

good direct he is it could use some of what you said in there you understand could use some juice not at all yes yes yes yes yes yes spirits got me let me at him oh my god

what a nerd not this right I feel like those fists will come in handy though good luck kid good luck how fun don't die it's an interesting setup because Catholicism is so rooted with a lot of people with guilt and this guy's immediately started

off with the one who alleviate his guilt. Daniel in the Lions Den, David facing off Goliath. Those are Bible stories. Young, dumb, and full of Christ. You're living for anything. Young, dumb, and full of Christ is wild. Oh, somebody took to cross town.

Whoa. Whoa. That's awesome. Wake up dead man. Aunt of it, too. Yeah, like old gothic script. Is that Brolin? Father Jefferson?

Hello. Shot to Plenancy. from Albany. Lord be with you, Judge, to plant a seat from Albany. Definitely, Brolin.

I didn't know he was inside. Ah. You here to take my church away from me? Oh. Good. Old generation versus the new. Call me Moncea.

Monsignor Wicks. I see you met Martha. Martha? No. Why did you say that name? Siener Witt. Oh, I didn't know she was in this.

It was a bit blotchy. I love her. I'd be fine, Martin. Father. Judd. That's very funny. Thank you.

Martha. I was actually just saying to Father Wix. Monsignor Wix. I appreciate the attention to detail on father versus Monsignor. A lot of movies don't pay attention to that. This is going great, I think. It's so dorky. I know him well.

He handpicked you, sent you here. It says something to me. God, he's in so many movies this year. Yeah. Tells me a lot. Mark, I'm used to flying solo, but no. Tells me you're a brawler. I'm here to serve.

Take my confession. Uh-oh. Bless me, Father, for I have sin. It's been six weeks since my last confession. Seven Hail Mary's. I've envied the material wealth of others. I saw this luxury car commercial. Sam had it on his TV, Lexus.

And I thought, that was a good-looking car. I've masturbated. Oh, good for you. Four times this week, four or five, generally, and what I say, six weeks. Oh, I say, 30 times. Jeez. Jeez.

A lot of release. Once in the shower, standing up. It's convenient. Use the bath gel. Oh, my God, dude. It's in the middle of the night, have to dream about. You don't have to confess everything to me.

You know, I read this article, but the cats were girls and... He's a furry. hadn't prepared. So I had to finish into a copy of Catholic Chronicle magazine. Oh my God. What was on the table, which is probably its own kind of sin. The Lord appreciates the details.

The devil is in there. You got to get them out. I thought this was just weird. But looking back now, I know. Every time. This was Wix's first punch. Five hell marries and one to worry be. Thank you, Father. Yeah, touch that hand. Touch that man. Three hand. You don't know what hand he uses. It wouldn't be a Last.

Like that sound. I know there was a little bit of squelch on that handsh. Yeah, there was. Over the next few weeks, I settled in at our Lady of Perpetual Fortitude. This is the first time our main character is actually a guy. The only other full-time employee is the groundskeeper. Is that the magazine he used? Sam.

Oh. Great frame. Oh, my God. This cat. Skin, sir. Man, when I said Toby and Spider-Man 2, it's a foreshadowing. He used to drink two, but he said to me once, if I can stave off that demon, you can. Great Saturday shot.

It is a struggle. Wow, great shot. I credit him and my sweet Martha. You're sweet Martha. I'd do anything for her. Dude, Pepsi, girl. I want a Pepsi. My angel on earth.

As far as the church goes, Martha does it all. She keeps the books, manages donations, files everything. He's got so many distinct voices in this movie. This right here, it's Lazarus Door. It takes construction equipment to open from the outside. Ticks. The one push is tumbling to the ground from the inside. Lazarus door. Lazarus was resurrected.

Who's in there, then? Prentice. It's his grandfather. Was like a father to me. Makes me sick. These kids painting rocket ships all over his sacred resting place. Yes, that is what they are. So he married an ex-m murderer.

I do a little working, so that I could borrow some of Sam's tools, make it properly. We leave that, a reminder, the shameful sin of the harlot. Whoa. Oh, God. Eating an apple. Head of phallic just br-oh. When Prentice entered the priesthood and founded this church, he was widowed with a daughter. Grace was her name.

Ironic. She loved her. Revealing clothes and her fancy brands. Fancy brands. Did you afford her much, Grace? She slid round bars. Was soon pregnant by a drifter. Oh, no.

Prentice had a vast family fortune in the bank. To protect his grandson, Wix, he promised that if Grace stayed under his roof, fortune would be willed to her. Jeez. The whiffed for her. father to die. These filters are so cool. Like, through his window. Through the glass.

Martha, remember this. Wealth and the power that comes with it is Eve's apple. Whoa. His day came at last. I was there. I was there. She finished her story there. Take his final communion.

Oh. On the holy altar. He was poisoned. The harlot whore went straight to Prentice's attorney. Give me my money, she said. And do you know what he said? Yes, you are heir to every single penny prentice hat. Oh, geez.

And in his accounts, not one hot dime. Oh. What did you do with a fortune? Give it to the poor, say some. Threw it in the ocean, say others. No one knows. It was gone. So there's a fortune here.

It's behind the Lazarus door. Final act of grace was to keep the corrupting evil out of wicked hands. oh god ours was this what is this the he's apple yeah

but I knew look not for Eve's apple your inheritance is now Christ Eve ill golly wow

wow so cool and the lens flare actually expressive with this in a demonic rage she defiled this holy place

whoa no no Oh, not the Jesus statue. She's going to take down that cross. Whoa. Get it, girl. Class of me. Indeed.

Desecration. Yeah. Evil, incontent. Almost feels like what Helen did Edward Norton's place at the end of the second movie. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Damn.

that's insane she died oh she still got the scars prentices two oh my god wow brain endurism they said holy tamale struck down by say by god in his mercy darkness of that story was the bedrock of this place you could feel it yeah the cast a shadow over Everard Draven, local attorney, she was loyal and devoted. Draven. It's not a whodunit, so who's in it?

You became a lawyer so you could take over his family practice? I became a lawyer because I wanted to do great things in the world. Get out. Her adopted son, sigh, just moved back home after trying and failing to get a foothold in politics. Hi. Not interested. It's nice having him back. When Vera was young

Just out of law school Her dad came home with 10-year-old Sy out of the blue And told Vera she was going to raise him What? That's tough The whole town knew He was obviously her illegitimate brother

But Vera accepted it Ah I've given up a lot To be loyal to my dad And to Cy and to Wix Uh When my dad is looking down on me From heaven

I think he is very pleased with me. So much pain in that smile. I came this close. I was the GOP Golden Boy, the Great Hope. I've got connections and ins and outs. I was on the cusp, but I just couldn't engage voters. I didn't have that cult of personality thing, I guess. You got to get podcasts.

I tried everything. Believe me, I hammered the race thing. I hammered the gender thing, the trans thing. Oh, my God. So, it's sincere. The election thing, the abortion thing. You're just talking points, man. The thing about induction stoves, Israel, library books, vaccines.

On the 1847, socialism. Everything on the internet. 5G, everything. 5G. All that I did. Nobody, just nothing. Maybe we need to get back to fundamentals. You know, basic building blocks and how to genuinely aspire people.

The basics, like, show them something they hate and then make them afraid it's going to take away something they love. Yes, sir. Nat Sharp, the town's... Oh, my goodness. Everybody is in this. Oh. Oh, God. Did the kids move to Tucson with some guy

that she's been in a fish missus board. Oh, fish the band? Dr. Nat was spinning out. He wasn't successful enough, rich enough, good enough for her. Oh, injure. The closest thing... Oh. Oh, my God, I love it.

So much. The Crescent Limbo series, ice pick of time, the crystalline juncture. Ten years ago, we moved here from New York. Where's Ethan of Athos? I was about to say, yes. His book sales and popular standing have been in slow decline ever since. Huh. These sets are so well-constructed.

Holy Man and the Troopador. I found it a tough read, but he pinned all of his hopes on it. This is my last chance ticket out of sub-stack. hell. Substack hell. I can't take it anymore. My readers these days, I mean, they are survivalist. Freaks, they all look like

John Goodman and the Big Lobowski. What happens when you find a man in the Alps? Simone was new to town. She'd been a world-class cellist. Forced to retire five years ago for health reasons. Kaylee Spaney?

Work is so good. Some mysterious nerve thing that doctors cannot diagnose. I believed they could heal me. Suckered. Yep shit moire. Interesting spot to be smoking a cigarette. So ironic.

I need to take someone's faith and exploit it for money. It's the ultimate evil. Dude, that's like Saw X. Don't you think it is? Yeah, it's bad. But I'm just am wanting to believe. This feels different though. Faith in God to heal me.

Christian science. I feel hopeful now. Hmm. Like a miracle could happen. faith does provide that hope that's how monseigne wicks makes me feel out of the swell of the music they're talking about like cult of personality to inspire and lead from the other guy they keep going back to wick who has that effect on the people here wicks kept his core group tight and the seductive power of his charisma was undeniable oh man wow every week

he would pick someone out a newcomer usually and he would attack I love the use of shadows in this movie. Look at that shadow right there. It was brilliant. Don't feel that. Have that affair. Tell that lie. Have that child at a wedlock.

Wow. Satisfy your selfish heart. This is like the devil in church. Yes. Depriving that child of a family. Snap your finger. An assault on our castle. The institution of manhood.

My own mother made that selfish choice with me. And I curse her selfish heart for it. every day of my life. Oh, God. Putting her needs and wants before the family God intended. I am enough. Me. Wow. Yikes.

Selfish, harlot heart. You are not. Wow, what is him. Might as well beat that child. Yes, might as well starve that child. Defy the family that the Lord intended. And watch your child burn beneath that burden. Oh.

Geez. Pushing it too far. And what he's pushing for, every time is a walkout. Yeah. Why does he do this? Yeah. When that person walks out, everyone watches. And even if in the light of day, it's indefensible.

Deep down in the dark, it scratches an edge. Different day, different outfit. Yeah. Was it going after gay people, going after gay people while wearing the pink. Yeah. So ironic. Testing tolerances, tapping deep poisoned wells, hardening, binding, we complete. Ranting with the mask lady. Okay, welcome to our first Father Judd prayer group.

It's Old Testament versus New Testament. This is all about breaking down walls between us and Christ, us and each other, us in the world. That's sweater. When I was 17, I was a boxer. And I killed a man in the ring. Oh, shit. Wow. I built up so many walls of anger, addiction, violence.

It was the only one I felt safe enough to. Put my dukes down, open my arms. The love. Confessed my deepest sin. That was the day that Christ saved my life. He didn't transform me. He sustains me every day. This guy's really good at this.

That's daily bread, right? I think that's what the church should be. That's what I want this church to be for me and for all of you. It's going to be an internal war here at this church. Yeah. You're asking for a whole new philosophical foundation. Monsignor Wix isn't coming. huh oh boy no he's gonna get a lot of walkouts

thought we just talk and start sharing and he knows that we're doing these right oh no chris i'll tell him i just i want us to connect and uh you'll you'll tell them contraction of the simple future tends meaning you haven't yet told him look at jeremy redder's body language this is a prayer meeting it's it's not a secret anything oh it's a secret prayer meeting no that's literally what it is i just texted the monseigneur okay it isn't a secret anymore now if we could just get back to breaking down those walls through Christ's love. Oh, he says, what the holy heck?

I'm probably going to post this tomorrow. Can I tag you? I prefer you didn't. I probably will anyway. I know. Got snappy the dialogue is. Could you walk into that church of your own free will and confess your deepest sin to Wicks, Martha, without fear? Because if not, this whole place is a whitewash tomb. Oh. Yes, I could.

Well, good. there's a fighter him that just keeps wanting to come out he's trying to fight with love and lead with love I love watching it I don't know if I've seen him and anything else what was your confession her husband in there did she fool around with the father

monseigneur oh my oh she full around with the monseigne oh my oh my it was on Palm Sunday that I finally broke and then twice in the shower this week doing that thing I told you about where I hold my hand upside down five our fathers five Hill Marys sleeves rolled up well we're at nine months now Judd how are you enjoying it here are you breaking down some walls

I'm breaking down I betrayed a fellow priest's privacy I know that Martha keeps her medical bills filed in the office so I went through them Oh, boy. I had a radical prostatectomy five years ago making you physically incapable of an erection. Oh, what? So he's been... I can handle whatever this is. Uh-oh.

For the past nine months, I've seen the way you tend this flock, and... So he was lied. You don't like it? No, Monsignor, I don't. Tell him. Nat's sharp. And Christ's love should be a launching pad for that, and instead, he's just every day getting more and more angry and bitter against his ex-wife against women. And Lee, he's a storyteller.

The only story he tells is, the world is out to get me. And now he's just spinning out and angry. Damn. Did you know he literally built a moat around his house? What? Oh, my goodness. Cool. That's awesome.

It's mostly symbolic. Literal, man. I know how much she's giving now, and the past few months, she's basically supporting this place. I believe in the possibility of miracles, through Christ, but what you're giving her is not that. Damn, Cleaver. And God help you, it makes her feel betrayed again.

God help me. Anything else? Every week now he takes... Wow. Whoa. Plugs him in his political rants. He's co-opting, honestly. He's co-opting the church in a dangerous way. Ah.

Is that how Christ led his flock? Is that what we're supposed to do? Dang, dude. It started with a scream inside. a quiet Maryland home, a mother trying to protect the family dog and her son in the grip of a violent hallucinogenic rage. By the time it was over, she was dead, and he claimed LSD made him do it. His name, David Minor the 4th, and we talked to him. Listen to Invisible Choir every other week as we uncover the most haunting true crimes you've never heard of, available wherever you get your

podcasts. Oh! Right now, you're angry. What a... What a bucket of the crows fly over here, right? Helpless, and I do it again. Ravens. I'm the world, you're the church.

Oh, God. Yeah, fight back, buddy. Yes, anger. Anger lets us fight back, take back the ground. we've lost and we've lost so much ground are you gonna convert him and now you're afraid look at those bare-knuckle instincts coming back good uh you're afraid i'm gonna come at you again but you're protecting yourself oh he knows how to spin shit so well because the world wants to destroy us your version of love and forgiveness is a sob meanwhile they destroy us

yeah jesus but i carry my burden i hold the line and you you simpering child from albany are you going to get angry god it's such a reflection of our world the weaponizing of fear and anger in order to keep people loyal and to have them feel emboldened in the false way you're poisoning this church and i'll do whatever it takes to save it oh now we got a fight whatever it takes fights on to cut you out like a cancer five our fathers five hell marries there's kind of an iris chronic casting to Josh Boland because his dad's most famous role was in Amityville horror, which very much was a religious horror film.

And now he looks kind of like his dad in the way he's done his hair and beard and stuff. Now the betrayal to find my authority and faith in life itself. It's not about it's not about worshiping Christ. It's about worshiping him. Get out. Oh, Jesus. Through our Bible. Wow.

Wix's final move. Open war against me. The devil Elvis. Toasty. You had me as a wolf. You're devil wolf. Nickley, I'm sorry. I broke that.

Don't worry about it. Oh, is that the guy from the first two movies? Daryl and the cop? It's Noah Segan. He's always in Ryan Johnson stuff. Yeah. It was a strange tension in the air. I can't recall the homily, but it felt different.

You just see the intensity. More unhinged. It's like he's losing a grass power. As always, after the homily, Wix was spent, emotionally and physically and needed some time to recover. Huh. He would duck into this small storage closet just to the side of the sanctuary so he'd be out of sight.

Huh. Math. Behold the wood of the cross, on which hung the salvation of the world. Did he die? He must have died. are oh no he was the most fun one to watch what's wrong

jefferson oh no this whole place is going to spiral they were all watching though what blood great shot geez there's something in his back really we don't touch it oh is it that

a devil elvison yeah Delvis? Delvis. From the bar? Ooh. Oh, no. Wolf. Oh.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Satan. Satan struck him down the devil. Or Satan? Oh. Oh.

Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Yes. Wow. Wow. Who was not in attendance?

Yeah. The ambulance took just five minutes to arrive Wow What a beat When I joined the others outside The police were just arriving The evil rise again in the glory of the god Evil dies tonight

It was an insane event for a tiny town And poor Geraldine, the local chief Was thrown in headlong Christ Mila Coonis Fascinating Interesting casting But it's literally impossible for anyone

To have done this so I don't I don't, oh, I don't know what this is. You need Benoit Blanc. Father, why don't you go get some rest? But I should warn you before you walk out if you're the town is talking. So I Draven put this up on his YouTube this morning. She's Jewish.

I'll do whatever it takes to save it. What? He was there. He had the direction of like. Oh. It's been reposted. Quite a bit. This is not good for him.

Frickin, that crow. Part of my soul that cannot lie to cry. or myself or you you wow the constant use of this shot I was happy the old man was dead we need to fill that that little shade we need to fill that cross that relief on the wall Jesus help me they come in the form of Benoit Blanc show me the way through this please he's got his own crust at their ATM oh hello asking you shall receive oh I'm sorry um Um, are you open?

Always. You're right? No. Well. I thought he's kept at such a distance, though. You're still in his POB. Probably be in here and not feel his presence. Who's?

Oh, God. Oh, yeah. Right. You're not a Catholic. No, very much not. No. My mother is, well, it was very, very religious. You know, really close with him.

No. When I was a boy, we put it. It's complicated. It's complicated. Yeah, that's right. Oh, great overlapping in the deliveries there. How does all this make you feel? A close up, first close up.

How does it make me feel? What are you need question for it? Well, the architecture that interests me. I feel the grandeur. The change of the day. Mystery. Cool. That's a great switch up.

It's fascinating contrast from light to dark. And it's like some loud shone of a story at me that I do not believe. It's built upon the empty promise of a child's fairy tale filled with malevolence and misogyny and homophobia. It's like an ordinary mule kicking back. I want to pick it apart and poppets, perfidious bubble of belief. Nice. Get to a truth.

I can swallow without choking. Great monologue to have. Having to wanter. Yeah. Hell yeah. Let's freaking go. The rafter details are very fine, though. The state glass.

You're right. It's storytelling. And this church, it's not medieval. We're in New York. It's neo-gothic 19th century. Has more in common with Disneyland than Notre Dame. Do these stories convince us of a lie? How do they resonate with something deep inside us that's profoundly true?

God, as a hot potato passes, the light changes. We can't express any other way. Let's see the sun. Great Lunsflare. Except storytelling. They must have done that with a light. They had gone. I think they probably lit it the way

how they did like the Frankenstein movie with the outside lighting coming in so you can use natural lighting in. It's like it's as if a cloud had passed. I probably should have led with this. My name is Benoit Blanc. I'm a detective. I've taken an interest in the murder of Jefferson Witt.

Hmm. Would you allow me to help you? The priest getting help. Your lips are cracked with dehydration. You haven't slept all night. You spend it out of doors by the stadium pant legs on your knees in prayer. What I see is not a guilty man in torment. Exactly.

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This is a dark sense of humor. I appreciate. I don't belong here. I can't be in here. I don't know why you brought it. Nice. A lot of his shots feel Scorsese inspired this time. You need to go through this with me.

Real killer is out there. We've got to find him. Nail them. I'm sorry. That was good. You are still a suspect. The point is you do not need to be here without a lawyer. Do you understand that?

No. If I can help find out who did, then I'm in. Yeah. Let's do it. Yeah. Okay. Stick with me. I mean, I feel like it would be Glenn Close doing some type of,

that has a partner who did this. The Red Devilhead thing, that ended up. I threw it at the church and it broke a window. And then after the chrism, Mass on Monday. Martha said she found a small broken window. Kids.

Did she? Oh, right. And then her husband found him. I love his spectacles. That's such a cool frame. Yeah. Oh. Yeah.

Oh. Cool. It's like one of those people magazine photo things. Yeah. Ah, there it is. Here's what you did it with. Huh?

Come on. Cut him out like a cancer. This is where your moral faith really gets tested when everyone's accusing you of a crime you didn't commit. This is something. You and I have not experienced. A textbook example of a perfectly impossible crime. Yeah.

The stuff of detective fiction. This should not exist in our real world. And yet here it is. The Holy Grail. he's so hard right now how do we get there the source John Dixon cars the hollow man

Kevin Bacon Ordnade's detective novel And a veritable primer on the locked door mystery The impossible crime I knew it was Kevin Bacon who did this Lock door mystery Whose body The murder is in the room wall

Roger Ackroy Oh I get the Chrissy ago Actual murder mystery books That inspired to this trilogy Particularly a syllabus for how to commit this crime Yeah And the whole flock is in this group.

Let's pause the movie, read all the books that come back. Wicks was stabbed with the knife before entering the closet. I love how he's like, he framed this with this like godly sense, this darkness now that it wasn't there. It's framed so simply, like so natural and real. Any device behind him capable of propelling a heavy, unbalanced dagger into his back. Someone could hide back there.

Would have been hidden from the camera and the witnesses in the nave, but certainly would have been witnessed by Father Judd. No, I didn't see a knife-shooting robot behind him. Possibility two. He was killed while inside the closet by someone or something that was outside the closet. Is there a secret door into that closet? Was someone like... He was killed while inside the closet by a device.

that was also in santa closet. Is there a Lazarus door? What triggered with the remote? Well, these walls are thick, but a very strong RF signal could blast through them. So where would one hide? Thomas Hayden Church seems like the likely culprit who could do that? I remember that clangy thud.

Ugh. His face was towards the door, so he was standing at the back facing out, so the knife must have somehow come through the back wall. Knives out. What about a false wall that was removed later? Go to town, Father Brown. Ah!

Father Brown! Nothing else was found on the floor of this space, yes? The red thread. Wait, what? The red. Red thread. Two strings of thick red thread, about three inches long down there, over by the body, next to the hip.

Hey, our boy was wearing red. Martha, you should go home and get some rest. Can I do anything for you? Leave. Oh. Your original. sin has stained this place. False priest.

Oh. Oh. He ain't effing around. But yeah, if finding the facts that detective puts me against you in this flock, then so be it. Tell her. Can I use your back? You didn't listen to the game

during Friday service on your radio. I would not. Martha doesn't approve. So you taped it. Dr. Sharps called to the hospital happened at 3.47 p.m. And 90 seconds before that. What? So several things could have caused

that glitch. To answer your question, yes, it is consistent with a strong burst of RF interference that you might get from a... Oh. Oh, wow. Wow. On which hung the salvation of the world. Oh, it's not sinking up.

Yeah, it's way after the fact. When the RF burst happened, he was already on the ground with a knife in his back, and Father Judd was staring right at him. It could be a delay. He said, if you had all the pieces, you would have an answer. I know. And he had to investigate the witnesses. With all the pieces on the table, this crime still truly appears impossible.

He told me you could solve this. Oh, boy. I think there's something in there, in your head, that I need to solve this case. And if I can't shake it loose, I'm not. I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to go in there and get it. You want me to write the story? Yes, the story. And that's what we've been listening to this whole time.

Yeah, the narration. I need to see his murder and the events leading up to it through your eyes. Starting where? Oh, wherever you like. Just keep it interesting, keep it moving, and spare no detail. Start with the punch of the priest. I wonder if there's a mystery within that fireplace, actually. So I've spent the past hour doing exactly that.

Yes, narrating for us. And I guess wait, why you read my story? The actual midpoint of the story. Why'd you do it? Better question is, why do I think I could lie to you and get away with it? Oh, no, you didn't lie. I knew you wouldn't. What? You just didn't say the dishonest part out loud.

What? What? When I joined the others outside, the police were just arrived. Join the others outside. Oh, that's fucking crazy. You were the only person with unobserved access to the utility closet after the murder, but before the police searched it. Why protect him?

I didn't do it to protect Wix. I did it to save the people who believe in him just a little disillusionment. The spirit really moved him today, huh? Interesting mislead, yeah. Sam. The one good person in this whole place, getting sober saved his life. I know the press and police were there. Why let that be part of the story? Wow. What a guy.

Wow. I don't know how, by who, but I knew he'd been stabbed. It was an impulse. A little storytelling to protect my flock. Oh, bullshit. Ouch. And in protecting their bubble of belief, you have shielded a killer. Where is that flask?

Damn. What? D.N. I. Didn't have all the pieces. That's why I could have put it together. I'm sorry. He was stabbed. So I didn't think. No, you did not think.

We're into the woods now, so you better start. Look at the lighting. This is devious. It's calculated against me. And now you see the enemy we're up against. Dude, Jeremy Renner. We use the gathering at the burial to question them all together. We must discover what happened that night.

Your faith and kindness can be used against you in a nefarious way. Wicked wolves is hiding. Yeah. Cool. Oh, it's how they used it in the flashbacks. All those frames with those glasses. Wow, bro. Wow.

Final. Betrayed. Beaten, mocked, pierced, murder. Angel. It's the homily you can remember. Lazarus. To be forgotten. As with our savior.

So would the church. Our church is assailed by the enemies of God. The harlot, the vermin who would oppress and bar us from our rightful place as the rulers of a Christian nation of faith. Oh, my. You shall not pass. Maybe he did it himself to frame.

Gentlemen, may I have a moment? Judas in many problems. Jeremy Redder was weirdly smiling there. Remember my words. On this good Friday, Remember what's to come. Remember all of you. Who does your glasses, man?

He will rise. The hour approaches the hour I have warned you about. He did it himself to frame him. For behold, though he is struck down, the righteous son of God will rise again. Oh, is he going to rise? He actually come back. And as you gnass your teeth in the darkness,

you unfaithful devils, as you like old. But he will rise again in glory. and vengeance and power. God, he's so... He's like a black halo. Sorry by your loss, father. Here, sign on the bottom. Listen, between you and me.

I don't care what the internet says. I think it's a chance he didn't do it. I mean, there's a chance. All right, everyone. Listen up. Oh, would you look who it is? It's Judas Judd. Themwa freaking Blanc and I

are going to ask you all some questions and you're going to answer them. We're going to get to the bottom. Who killed Montsio Wix? And why? And then... Duh! That's it

Someone goes to jail What happened that night Right here in this very room You mean the time Jud admitted to all of us That he killed the man And now he's covering his ass By attacking us

He's a Pino A Pino? Priest in name only He No new one Never heard that one And then some liptard We'll make a podcast

About all of this And before you know it The idiot versions of all of us Will end up on Netflix Hey. Oh, God. He's a squaring. I can walk, Martha.

Whoa. It just hurts. Oh. Wicks was a con man. Miracles and supernatural power of God bullshit. The fact that she can walk is going to have to come back in handy. About the shadowy meeting with Wix that took place in this room. That he got kicked out of, they threw the Bible at him.

What was that meeting? actually about. Jealous. I'll tell you. Hey. Si, hey, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on there, buddy. No, no, no, no. You shut your mouth, you let's.

Oh. If made public, could ruin people in this room. Ooh. I'll record it the whole thing. Yes. Leverage. Hey, buddy. The way they ran for that camera.

Nice. Nice, sharp cut. All right. Very dramatic, Vera. Got your audience. What's this about? I've been thinking about your mom. I never knew her, but...

Yesterday, I got a call from a family law colleague in Brooklyn. Okay. He wanted to double-check contact details for Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, my client. A-O-P. I don't know what that is. Because my client had filed an A-O-P with him. What's an A-O-P? Acknowledgement of parentage affirmation that I, Jefferson Wix, am the biological father of Cyrus Drayman.

Oh, what? No way. For you. Who was the mother? Does it even matter? No, no. She came back and dropped this poor kid in your lap. Oh, whoa.

And raised your son while you sat on your pulpit. Shameless, you hypocritical son of a bitch. Hell, wow. She stood up to him. Did you know? Not until Vera told me this morning. Sigh is my son. Oh, boy.

How are we gonna spin it? From a loose woman of no importance. Oh. One night and haven't seen in 30 years. Veer's father and I kept the secret, but no longer. He is my heir, my son. Now the world is going to know it. So, rats flee the sinking ship.

Oh, ah, ho. We're fighting an existential war here, where the end justifies the means. I believe that God chose Monsignor Wicks to be his warrior. Ugh. We don't know this woman. Right, how she? Always give a pass.

Does any of this exist? Well, sad, dog. Oh, my God. Simulation, bro. That's true. I need you to be a saint. It's a prompt. We're with you, Monsignor Wicks.

And literally nothing that you say or do, it's going to change that. That's a problem. That's a major problem. I will give my final service a week from today on Easter Sunday. And then... Final service, already declared. I will close the doors of this sad little church for good. But not before I have destroyed.

each and every one of you what what's what sorry wait what what you're drinking not going to work drunk treating patients children while drunk the medical board should know thanks no one must ever trust or hire you again wow and lee this uh troubadour book you've been writing here we go it's bootlicking idiocy is an affront to my ministry it's i think they all work together to kill them but i can see Yeah. My friends in the publishing world, it must be buried. You must be buried. Wow.

And Vera, you are your father's nightmare. Hey. Oh, my God. Wow. I cannot heal a faithless woman. You said you could cast it out of me. Promised you nothing. Jeez.

I've given you all of my savings. You cannot buy God's healing. Oh, my God. Is this payback for the Father Judd prayer meeting? Because he ambushed us. Father Judd's prayer meeting? The betrayal. to find my authority.

Wow. Challenged him from inside my own sanctuary. Oh. Get out. Huh. Yes, we are at war, and I cast you out of my fortress. You son of... Oh, boy.

I will lay bare the sins of this flock, cut you loose, and shake the dust of this place off of my sandals. Oh, he's riding at dawn, dude. Yeah, because when you think about the point, point of view we were behind our guy when he died so i was thinking the only people would be them in the pewt i think it was all of them it was all of them right because then they would have seen yeah well glory i'd definitely have a motivation to do it sigh tell me what was happening because i told him to and vera told me the truth i went and found him what okay and he embraced me as a son

for the first time in my life he unburden himself i hate this place it's a sad flock of losers But now finally, I can. He told me... His grandfather's family fortune lost all these years. He told me he found it, just this week. What? It's gone without a trace. He told me he found it.

He was going to shudder this dump and retire and filthy wealth. And I told him. Huh. Retire. Do you know the power of what you do on that stage? I've shrunk the flock. No, you've radicalized, don't that is power. Everything he fucking wanted.

Your flame lacks fuel, but on that. On the internet, wildfire. This money, your cult of personality. Give me four years. You could be president. Yep, that's exactly what this very was married. Together, we can build a real empire as father and son. Wow.

Like in stores? Yeah, exactly like the rebels. And my political instincts fueled by enough money, can you imagine what we could do in Christ's name? Just like the rebels. We need to burn them off like leeches. That's why he torched them all. So it's yours now?

Technically, yes. He didn't tell you where it war. Oh, no. Oh, boy. I realized 50 years ago, what was the safest way for Prentice to hide $80 million? A Swiss bank account. Wow. It has to be written down somewhere.

Martha files everything and it isn't here. Uh, Martha. Here, I thought it might be a code because he kept saying Eve's apple would be restored to the tree. That was a thing. Oh, and he knows what it is. He knows what the East's app was. We're looking for 19 numbers, so it doesn't work. Judd, speak up.

Vera, did you ever tell you anything? Even if he did, I'm going to my grief. thing, the Evie's Apple thing? Oh, maybe, yeah. You should come and get your shit. It'll be out on the street. Yeah. I'll pay you.

I don't care. This is very important. My inheritance and future political career depends on. It's in the shake globe. Related to Eve's apple that might contain that number. Yeah, it's right there. Right there. Yeah.

What did you think of? What did you think of? I don't think you're called. Lucky. It's not very smart. Yeah, here we go. We should look everywhere. You're on screwy.

That's why he gave it to him because that's where the fortune was. Tear apart of the Jesus. Take him apart. It's probably a little rolled-up piece of paper in there. This is hollow. Yeah, do it. Break it.

Yeah. I don't care of that, I'm priesting. I mean, you know, puzzle top. With another bust of Jesus. Uh Remind me to file this File that

File that But if Eve's Apple is the fortune And it's not a pile of cash In a Swiss account somewhere Eve's Apple equate to some number thing I must have misprinted the day It says the cryptopening thing Was ordered last Wednesday

Oh then it's in the other coffin Who would pre-order burial equipment For a man who isn't dead Ha Called in that order That's the key Okay yeah Called in that order

Oh I love her The oil's construction, this is Louise. Hello, Louise, it's a father job from perpetual fortitude. We had a piece of your construction equipment here today, a forklift to open a crypt. Oh, yeah, I know. Not too often. We get a cryptopening order. Great.

So I need to know. I actually process that order while I do all the process. Yeah. What I need to know, Louise. I run this place with my brother James. Right. He takes serious, but I process the order. Right.

Oh, my God. But I don't think you were there. No, I'm new. I'm new, relatively known. Louise, I have to ask... Oh, God. Louise. I need to know who placed the order.

James takes the order. Can I have James' number? This is very important. We need to find out who placed that order. Yeah. Could I ask you something? Wait, if you can make it quick, this is a priority for us right now. Maybe she could call you back.

Call the job, what you are, could you... Oh. Louise. Will you pray for me? What did you do? Yeah, of course. Can I ask what for? He's being treated like a priest for the first time in a long time.

My mother. She's sick. Yeah. She's in hospice. I'm so sorry, Louise. I said bad things back, and now I'm afraid that that's going to be the last thing that we ever say to each other. It's really sad. I'm feeling pretty alone up right now.

The choice of when it cut to her, he most of the reaction. I'm so sorry, Louise. I'm here. Can you tell me your mother's name? Oh. oh wow dang dude this we pray through christ our lord amen it really feels like a priest storm i came to close up i'll get the church you take care of the rectory and hide some information what do i do oh i mean what do you think we're doing here

why do you think i became a priest no bullshit really why the fog between them you felt guilt we're taking a laugh and on the church it offered you want forgiveness and a clear method to give you a sense of absolution. Yeah. The guy I killed in the rain, I hated him. It wasn't an accident. Oh, I'm a jessapa. I killed him with hate in my heart.

There's no hiding from that. There's no solving it. God didn't hide me or fix me. A Thomas Hayden church. Yeah. Yeah. I think so. See, that's what I should be doing for these people, not this whodunit game.

No, now, wait a minute. Go. Oh. Jefferson Wicks, he's coming back. We're looking for a murderer. This is not a game. It is a game. Solving it.

Getting it, getting your big checkmate moment. And by using me and it, you're setting me against my real and only purpose in life. Yeah. Which is not to fight the wicked and bring him to justice, but to serve them and bring it to Christ. That light on now, too. You're not following the lights. Please, please, please let me be. Nah, you gotta keep following the light.

Can you say that again? No. About making about you, not Jesus. Like Wix, you said. Father, this is important. Yeah. When Wix was talking about fighting the world for Christ's sake, he wasn't talking about Christ.

He was talking about his own ego and power. He's never talking about Christ. Now the way he preaches is sounding with that type of anger and fervor that Wix had. Eve's apple restored to the tree. What does that mean? I don't know. There's a constant light being cast. There's always a partially blockway between them.

Why don't you head back to the rectory? I'll handle it. Thank you. Makes for the door shut when you leave. That last shot had the door closed, what, on Blanc and opened behind Judd. Thank you. I will. I'm not going to enjoy it quite as much. It's our first, it's going to be our first scene without him.

Father Judd. He's not here. I want you to search those back rooms and that closet thing, too. It's good, right? It's great, actually. See, I rewatch the video and I realize something. From the moment Judd enters the closet. Whoa.

Until the first of the flock has a line of sight into that closet. Nine seconds. alone and unseen. It's a long time. Plenty of time to do the deed with a concealed knife. But that's how it was done. So he collapsed. If you could give me a little more time.

No. I'm going to be able to. No. I found my killer and I'm bringing him in. Where is he? Oh, no, you're a killer about to be killed. Oh, this is ominous. Follow the light, my son.

Oh, sweet. Oh, my God. It was so cool. The treasure in the other coffin, then. It's either in the other one or the one that Thomas Hayden built for him that he's lying in. Oh. The stone cracked. Great.

Nice. Wow. He's alive. Lazarus stumbled out. Oh my God. I were enjoying you now, Wix the White. Damn. Wow, even on the lens.

Wow. Damn. That was fun. Oh, he's got the knife in his hand, braided him. Oh, that's messed up. Damn, that sucks. Creepy. Wow.

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Thomas Hayden Church, yeah. Who's that? The groundskeeper, Samson. What the hell happened? Samson. Great image. Chilling in here for three days. 100% medically dead dead.

He had 80 million reasons to chill in there for three days. We know this. I'm just, just saying, right? Right. Slowed his heart rate down so much. Scooby-doo. A man can't just rise from the dead. There's obviously some Scooby-Doo shit going on here. Raise you gone.

Ha, ha, roo-ro-ro-roo. Praising glory to the Almighty. He hath raised his... Hey, Ritz. Set a perimeter on the road. Divine cruiser light. chief what a great way to save money it's also a camera flick the lights on to make it look like there's a bunch of cop cars yeah that's so smart thing on a chip inside when you bring it into the

media lab tape off this entire area down to the grove to homicide scene the groundskeeper is dead no she didn't even know she was so caught up in her her own fanaticism how did she knows how you're where to run oh it's backfired Can I get some house? You madder! Are you breaking death? Oh. Whoa.

Ooh. Okay. Ooh. This is Father Judd. Hi, Father Judd. It's Louise. How are you doing? Oh, Louise.

Anytime. Call anytime. Hi, Louise. I spoke to James, and the order for the forklift was actually placed by most of your wicks. Hey, God bless you, Father. You have yourself a good night, okay? Yeah, you too, Louise. Sweet.

Got one prediction right. Oh, my God. Holy, like a ghost. Oh, God. Slow down, Martha. What? It's a miracle. Bullshit.

Didn't he say I'll be your night? No, it happened. Martha says the tomb is empty. I'm calling everyone. I'm on my way now. He's painting himself like a Christ. Okay. Well, I'm going to go witness a miracle.

You enjoy your cigarette indoors. Jesus Christ. God, I hate that sound. Oh, no. It's accomplished. Oh, that sound. That's a nightmare sound, yeah. Goodness.

It put the microphone in that bowl. They really did. It's not great quality. It's fine. as well at one big light isn't real handy what am I looking at here I mean well they know he didn't kill him gift off into the wood

yeah so it records any time there's motion and this clip is four seconds later him slipping yep wee Prince from the gardening tool didn't run the full database check just the suspect you questioned it's father Judd oh

what I see I'm so silly wish I'm who so the doctor has some type of thing that could stop your heart rate for a little bit that's what i'm thinking but then the x-ray still had a knife in it that's what i'm like did he know the autopsy people like i don't know last probably i'm gonna do it i'm gonna turn myself so protective over him no you are not Oh, man. You're going to tell me exactly what happened,

but right now, how do I get to Dr. Nat's house? Dr. Matt? Yes, quickly. Was that some Sonheim? I only hope we're not too late. Now, just get down. Let's go. Get down.

I need to see. Please, I need to see. Oh, boy. Oh, is Wick come? covering his tracks. Damn. Defiled that place. Thank you.

And also with you. Five Hail Marys. He's going to be run over by a snowplow. They're going to find Georgie down there. Sounds like a dead body. Body. Blood. Use lighting in the room.

Yeah, simitography's off the chain. Jeremy Redder? Nailed. Oh. What the? The Lazarus Pit. You're right. Oh, that is.

That is. Oh, that's... Wait, what? Works. Oh. It's hell. Is he... I mean, for what it's worth these days.

What the fuck is going to? Why not? Let's see, you know. It's... Well, that was maybe supposed to save him. This might get unpleasant. More unpleasant. Oh, God.

Are you gonna undo... What is that acid? It seems like acid, like his arms won't be there now, right? Yeah. Oh! Ew. Oh my god. That is more than...

Oh my god. Disgusting. What the hell? What the hell is that? There's a doctor. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, that's the doctor. That's Renner.

He died killing him. Talk to now. Savage. Great shot. It's left of it. In the bones. What do you think? It was the son, Josh Brolin's son?

I don't know what it even is anymore. I mean, he came back and then he tried. killing him right assuming he would survive through it yeah we never saw like what pills were in there i mean josh roland's son was the only one willing to show the but i'll knock you out for a certain amount of time i think listen to me you're gonna want to come to drnett's house there's a body or two it's all here it's it's finished oh he's walking up i killed samson i have to do this have to do it of my own free will or won't mean anything now He's on a timetable to figure it up.

He's so convinced he killed him. He woke up. He doesn't even know. You call Geraldine for me, please. Say Father Judge returned to his church and he's ready to confess. Oof. Father Judd, I'm here to arrest you for the murder of Montseigneur Jefferson, Wix, and Sampsonhold. And you're a person of interest in the death of Dr. Nathaniel Sharp.

We also recovered Wix's body. If you'd like to confess to anything, this seems like a pretty great place to do it. Pretty, pretty great. The Coon is really believable in this role. Years ago, I murdered a man in the boxing ring. I killed him with hate in my heart. Last night, that same sin rose in me, and in a moment of fear and rage, I...

God. Jesus. Oh, my God. You just stopped talking. Same way, he stopped out of day, Armas in the first one. You said in a moment of fear and rape I was going to not silence the voice of the Lord but sit now

tell him hold the wickedness and shame of the guilty lay bare before you all The echo savage He embodies the role They will listen Sit What are you doing

Let us begin with Wix's murder right here on good friday when Monsignor wicks collapsed in that closet space he wasn't dead wasn't even stabbed not yet oh my he kept stashed in the breaker box was sparked with a very powerful tranquilizer that's a barber talk he drank from it fortified himself and within minutes fell to the floor unconscious oh geez Leaving him defenseless and giving the killer their chance to enter the closet and deliver the deadly blow. I said that already. The knife was in his back when I found him.

There's something in his back. So how? When? It's impossible. I saw it. What did you see? The red devil head. Blood, you assumed, was wixes.

Yeah. You thought you saw, but that wasn't it, no. It was a second identical lamp. A second. And it was also missing Two devils Yes Why too

And why painted red Wasn't red though, it's red now Same exact red As the mysterious thread Found in the closet Because the second devil head was there all the time Sown to the back of his vestments What?

What? Filled with a small squib of blood, triggered by an RF remote. Sit off at the exact right moment. What's he? Fascinating. A voice of a thought. Who can wait for the discovery he needs before taking charge.

Something in his back. Wait, don't touch it. That's why I said, don't touch it. The moment of distraction presents itself. And then he puts a real knife. Yeah, because he pulled it out. Oh, yeah. His final task, to remove the incriminating drug-laced flask.

But where was it? It was gone. The result of a moment of foolish grace by Father Judd, who concealed the flask. Uh. To hardwicks is drinking and returned later to retrieve it. Oh, boy. If only. Why do all this insane, elaborate stuff, the theatricality, the immatricality, the

impossible crime. Why? If Dr. Nat killed Wicks, who killed Nat? Well, now we get to it. Yes. And one which draws me, in every sense of the word, into the realm of belief. A holy priest struck down by no man, but by the hand of Satan himself, but then risen by the will of God. Now a symbol of the Lord's power over death

A miracle man His justice for the holy His vengeance for the wicked And now what really happened It is time for Benoit Blanc's Final check made over the mysteries of faith Let's go Do you have the answer?

Do you not have it? Huh? But now he will be in lightening. Now he'll have it. Now he'll have it. Donker, are you okay? Go toward the light, my son. Damascus. Damascus.

A road to Damascus thing? Yes, yes, Damascus. Yes, you were there. I cannot solve this case. Are you saying that your conclusion, Benoit Blanc is that Monsignor Wix rose from the dead, that it was a miracle. I cannot solve this case. I wonder if this son orchestrated this whole thing to see it by not block.

If you know what really happened, you should tell everyone. Is this you sparing our faith or being respectful or something? Because we deserve the truth. Who? Can't you just give us the answer? Isn't that what all this is for? He's not God. At another chapter and then we're ready.

We're ready to publish. Trust me, Alan, call Random House everybody. It's going to be huge. God, the bill on that hat was crazy. What we've witnessed is a miracle confirmed by Benoit Blanc himself. Oh, no. I assume they'll arrest Father Judd now? Yes.

I suppose they will. But they don't believe he did it. Roche, Damascus, scales fell from my eyes. You believe in God and all this Mishigas is real? No, no. My revelation came from Father Judd. Huh? His example

To have grace Grace was the name of the girl Grace for the broken Grace for those who deserve it at least But who need it the most Hmm Oh

Eve returned the app That's her You know the truth I do Yes Ooh And you made yourself The fool

Just now So that you could do this Of your own free will confess. That's why I said I think it might be Clink Lowe's the first suspect. What do I do?

What you were born to do? Hear her confession. Take a confession. Bless me, Father, for I said it is a week since my last confession. I told myself

it started with pure intent. Oh, boy. But the truth is it started with a lie. Prentice. Yeah.

I saw him take his final communion. Because he was poisoned by her. This is Eve's apple, Lothar. Oh, he swallowed it? My entire cursed fortune, all the sin in the world,

all that Eve hungers for. I have trapped it. It shall never again be plucked by evil heads. Yep. The body of Christ. Yeah. So it is in that other coffin. Yeah.

Oh, literally. was in the other coffin. Aww. That is wild. Oh, my God. He took the jewel to his grave. I swore that I would protect this great secret. But Grace, she discovered that he had bought the dime.

I don't know how. She knew her fancy brands. What would come in a custom-made Faberjeet box that self worth maybe $20,000. not a trinkhead something facet cut worth a fortune a jewel but she didn't know where he hid it she didn't desecrate the church in anger no she was she was looking for the hidden jewel a damn a dark life of desperation a prisoner to shame and judgment it's got changed everything for her martha what did you say to her i know where he

hidden and you'll never find it. Ooh. You parlor Dang. Damn, they got to you. Savage. Where is this? Running! No! I kept the secret of Eve's apple

locked in my heart for 60 years. The original sin of this church. Until. Until. Until. I challenge you to come Confess it. With defiant pride, I confessed.

That's why he wanted to leave the church. Wow. To the wrong priest. Wow, so they weren't getting it on. But as he spoke, something became clear. He was embracing that terrible boy. That's when I suspected. So you call a construction company.

Thank you, James. Oh, yeah, she does handle all the clerical. He had ordered the equipment to open the crypt to steal the diamond for his own greed and lust for power. That's the whole reason why. And this church would fall because of it everything Prentice had warned me about. I had failed him. Fascinating. Wild.

I was not the bad one. I was the good one. the faithful one oh my god my soul purpose and I failed unless found that diamond

unless I could I could steal the jewel first and get rid of it forever the precious rays wicks up as a miraculous risen saint not a fallible man but a symbol

the hollow man all it would take is a marriage So I formed my plan. Wow. Wix's death must be a holy mystery, unsalvable. But you couldn't do it alone. No. A weak man, I thought.

Mm-hmm. Someone who had fall in line to save the church and stay in line to cover his shame. Oh, boy. Oh, was she the one who showed up at the door? And who had access to medical grade tranquilizers? Yes, and that. And that.

it all went according to plan he didn't fake his own death I didn't reckon the cost forgive me Samson strong Samson faithful Samson Samson who made the coffins yeah

you will rise again it will be okay you will rise again you will be okay uh I promise He didn't understand why we were doing it Anything for you

But he trusted me Because he loved me Oh boy How did it go so wrong Oh wow Doctor gives the signal Wild Wild

Samson retrieves the jewel The Lazarus door serves its purpose Damn they do have similar ass hair Huh All caught on camera the way we planned Yeah We'd drive off with Wick's body in his truck And dispose of it in that nasty gook in his cellar

Next day Samson would tell the tale of the risen saint and his word of blessing to his faithful groundskeeper before ascending back into heaven his faithful sober groundskeeper it would have been perfect until father judd came i wasn't supposed to be there you most certainly were not wrong place right time did you know what had happened when you found samson's body I had an idea But I had to be sure Praise me

It's accomplished Dude, she's Got a terrifying expression Yeah man You believe every shade of her This movie All to protect the church Oh no

Greed, it's a sin Do not give into its charm Oh God And he told me the fairy tale Of how everything had gone according to plan and I knew he was lying and then he told me the truth

oh oh finally can't let him see us oh knuckle sandwich that's his fist damn underestimating the temptation of Eve's apple

oh yeah our agreed mission must destroy it or throw it in the sea it's literally the apple all this power will I killed them yeah it's the ring christ himself could resist temptation but this desperate little man all that stood in his way was samson and i who frame a young priest with a violent past and keep the jewel the temptation is real oh god that's an interesting shot he had poisoned my coffee with a

lethal dose of pentobarbital but no remedy once ingested did you switch it with little numbness in the lips then in ten minutes time for your final prayer did you hork it up i told him i understood i understood why he did it uh oh she switched to copies

i understood it all i saw inconceivable You're right. Princess Dyerd. Oh, no. Oh. Fun. Oh, then she had to put the body in and everything. Yeah.

Hatred in my heart. That's like he said. What a visual. is the story the crime scene will tell the world but inside my heart i know damn things really did fall apart here vengeance is mine whew these sins i confess to you father and to the cops i have lied i have killed and now i have topped it all off with a real doozy oh oh Did she take the... Did she swallow it?

Quickly now. Quickly. What's happening? I knew when I saw her lips. She took the thing. It was already too late. Oh. Oh.

Call the ambulance now. There might be a poison kit in the prowler. Damn, dude. What a twisty turning? Twisty, turning. And I Blanc put that all together. Yeah. Sampson.

My sweet Sepsin. Yeah. Yeah. You're safe now. Ah. Forgiveness is divine. Grace. Oh.

I see it now. That poor girl. Could have freed her and it's killed you all. You're really good at this. she about to give him the diamond or did she swallow it I think she has in her hand right yeah I'm wondering

through the ministry of the church may God grant you pardon in peace and I absolve you of your sins she wanted to destroy it so maybe she didn't that bat of acid in the name of the father and of the sun and the holy spirit

I feel like it's gonna fall out of her hand and then they have it I don't know. Would it be to have that done. There, there, it is, yeah. Wow. Shit. They kill each other.

Put it back. I hadn't seen nothing. Yeah. Come on, man. Start your mega church. You can wield the one ring. The story's never found. It's a story you tell.

The flock. What was left of them scattered? They don't need to discover the one thing. every holy man. They, wow, wrote his memoir. Oh, no. They all look like from Big Lebowski.

You're out of your depth, Donnie. Some got a fresh start. Maybe to find a path that's theirs, I hope so. And some got their miracle. The other one's president of the United States now. That's what I pray for with you.

Do you find what you're looking for? Hey. God damn it! I know you both know. This is your last chance or we're going to drag your asses into court. Mr. Wicks, control yourself. She gave it to them and they're hiding it, I know. We've allowed your representatives to search the church and rectory thoroughly. They found nothing. Also, Mr. Blanc was there when Martha passed, and he denies anything untoward. I hope you come back to the church someday, sigh.

Your real inheritance is in Christ. Little punk bitch. Puck bitch. Jesus. Wicks, truthers keep flooding off Facebook. It's an outhouse fire. Yeah, it's a cold man. You're going to be very popular once you open.

Maybe not in a good way. Yeah. Are you ready to take that on? Let him come. Bring it on. Good luck, kid. He ready. Aw.

Oh. My first. Mass is coming up if you want to stick around. That's so nice of you. There is nothing I would rather not do. God, that coat. That coat Ben Wazin. But where was the ascot?

Look how suave this man is. Always. Duplentee. Hey. Let's go. Let's go, Tom Wades. Hey, replace it. Quite the artist.

welcome is the diamond in that thing i would not be shocked i bet like he put it he built him you'll never you'll never find it the heart of our lord yeah it's got to be in there right in the heart right right come down off the cross we can you yep you gotta come on yes nice

Great. To the house. Nicely done. To the house. Ryan Johnson. All right, ladies and gentlemen, we just watched Wake Up, Dead Man, Knives Out, three, and you solved the entire thing in great detail. It was all me.

Kind of crazy how he predicted every moment from beginning to end. It was so annoying. It was like, dude, you're spoiling the mystery for us all. But here we are, guys. Here we are. Joseph Gordon Levitt was the base. ball announcer oh yeah they're buds right that makes sense they've done work together a couple movies should have solved that well i'll go to you first andrew hey how what compared do you would you

know right off the bat or would you need time to think about where would you replace this amongst the three yeah i would have to think about that i think they all do something very different i would say this one is definitely darker the other one a little bit more bleaker although they are have a bit of a darkness in them just because of the murder who done it films right but i think this one you know it really deals with some fascinating things that encompass the real world when when you talk about religion and how you process that i think the character that besides benoit blanc he's always my favorite i love how magnetic daniel craig is and i just think in the eccentricness that he brings to the role he's and whenever he does his thing where he solves it at the end

where he makes most of us or at least myself feel extra dumb because of how brilliant he is i think it's always so fascinating and so much fun to see but i think the standout for me was father judd i loved seeing just how believing in something so much and finding it to be so pure and also what he has gone through really seeing his vulnerability throughout the film was just incredible to watch. He's such, I don't know if I've seen Josh O'Connor and anything else, not at top of mind,

but just to watch his performance is really also magnetic, I would say too, but he's really the heart of the film for me as well as we need to, you know, repent and we need to make sure that he's, his innocence comes to the forefront. But I think his interactions with Daniel Craig. They had such incredible chemistry. I loved watching them work besides each other. They really

worked incredible together. And I always think Benoit has such a soft spot for when he comes in right away. He always knows how to size people up and to see you right away that right when he spoke, he's like he knows that he's an innocent man. Nobody who does a crime of this nature is going to be feeling this way. So that's why I'm so in love with Benoit Blanc. He's such an intense. such a resourceful character, but then when it comes to Father Judd, I've just found it so fascinating that's so many different times because, again, he believes so much in faith and how it's restored, you know, what taking another life in the past when it came to his boxing and all that. And there were so many times when he was tempted by darkness when it comes to Josh Brolin's character and then all these people literally blaming him for something he did not do and he could have been tempted to go that route of, like getting on them, getting angry at them, and no, he let his faith, like, guide him and in Jesus and all that. And I thought that was very admirable. And I really appreciated his

character. So I think Greg pointed out best. It was literally Old Testament versus New Testament. So, yeah, there was a lot of fascinating things. I think this film did. So, all right. That's cool. Tara, what about yourself? Do you know where you might put this already? I think I would put three before two. In two, I think I called out, like, two, a couple of things. still not a bunch. This one was Wackado freaking wild. Couldn't call anything except for the diamond thing at the end. Like honestly,

it, I really, I love the writing because you honestly have to upgrade yourself from one to two. And how are we going to somewhat outdo ourselves on three or still make it like a definite mystery where nobody sees it coming? Which I really loved. And this is what that was.

So, you know, Ryan Johnson, and he did it again. Is there a character here that stood out to you, Alon? I know Andrew pointed out, Father Judd, but is there someone else beyond that who you felt like was a true highlight for you? I think I'm mainly just in love with

What's his Nuts from Fleabag. Andrew Scott. Is that his name? Andrew Scott. I just, I love him. Science fiction writer? Yeah. Yeah, he's just great.

I mean, Glenn Close is Glenn Close. I mean, she appears on screen. And you're like, okay, I am not surprised that at the end, she's given the bulk of an emotional monologue because that bitch can deliver when you need her to. So I would say, Glenn, for me, I really loved her performance in this. And I like that they hid the really big performance for her

till the very, very end. Yeah. Did you grow up with religion? I did. What religion? Lutheran. I went to a Lutheran performance. private school, middle school to high school.

I don't really know what their church practices are like. It's like Christianity. But there's like different, like Christian. If I go to like a Christian church, they have rock music and shit. Yeah, yeah. It's the same. It's like the same. Yeah.

Kind of like non-denominational a little bit. Okay. Yeah. Interesting. So I didn't do seven Hail Mary's, but I know about that juice. All right. Yeah. Jesus juice.

Yeah. And Juan Humphrey. Hey. What character stood out to you? Golly. I mean, I thought this was a terrific ensemble. I guess Josh Brolin really embodies this guy in a very powerful way. Like, I really love the duality of the performances between Josh O'Connor and Josh Brolin,

because having grown up in at least Catholic tradition for a fair amount of life and having seen older school priests versus newer school priests. I thought they both, Josh Brolin is obviously the more heightened and is on his own, you know, ego trip. But just the fire with which he was, you know, spitting out these sermons was just really tangible and palpable.

And like the way all these guys were approaching the portrayal of priests, which like, you know, is kind of an odd thing because I feel like, you know, there comes this expectation of like loftiness and piety. But a lot of priests can be very, sort of normal presenting people, you know, like it would be very

casual, I guess I should say. So, yeah, I really like the contrast between Judd and the compassion that Josh O'Connor brought to that, and then, you know, Wix is just, yeah, fire brimstone mania. I thought was just a beautiful contrast.

And Wix, even after he's dead, feels very present. You know, so it's a great Josh Brolin performance as what if Jack Black was Jesus. Do you know where you might place this one amongst the three? Or do you need more time? I think for me, I'm going to wait to solidify this.

I think this might be my favorite one. I think I would go three, one, two. Because one thing this doesn't have as much that the other two, for me, kind of had is like, this one didn't seem quite as impressed with itself. And the previous two have this quality where I feel like the movie itself is kind of impressed with itself.

And I really like the other two Knives Out movie. I don't necessarily maybe love them to the degree that some folks do. And this one, I just really love the tone and the setting and the use of the tropes, especially, I guess I would say. Yeah. But however you feeling. Who stood out to you? I mean, all the heavy hitters were kind of listed there amongst everyone. Talk about Thomas Hayden Church.

Thomas Hayden, guys, man. Watching the Cubs games. I was happy to see him. Great to have him back. Yeah, I think the whole cast is great. It's interesting that for this one, because, Because I would actually, I would put this most likely as my favorite one. And I found Daniel Craig to be the most supporting role out of the three.

Yeah. You know, it's like usually he is, like there's someone else who is the main character, essentially. And then Bono Blanc comes in and then he overtakes the screen and becomes the lead as the movie goes on more, more and more. But this one, he just remained the supporting character. I never felt like this actually became just his movie and he took over. the narrative. And a big part of that does come down to the fact that he sacrifices his big reveal monologue and allows it to be a confession. It made me question how much Ryan Johnson actually is Catholic, because I grew up very, very Catholic. I was a very big believer. I went to church

every Sunday, not out of my own volition, but it was kind of forced to. And, but then even beyond that, I did become a very devoted Catholic for a very long time. And I found myself in a, another cult of life. And I've been actually really fascinated with the subject of what American dogma is like when you look at American politics. I can't speak to any other politics around the world. I imagine it's all kind of the thing.

Cult has been a big part of our humanity forever. And watching the illustration and the connections that it draws between when you have a figurehead who weaponizes Christianity, some of you guys will pick up on what I'm linking this to you probably just listen to enough that you'll figure it out

but a figurehead who weaponizes people who are Christians and then does it to propel themselves up to become the thing that is actually worshipped and that way you take advantage of to the point where they can make no mistakes no matter

what they do and like that room that Josh Burland's in when they're having their secret meeting and the truth comes out everyone knows kind of like this guy's like already spouting his own way he's defying everything it means to be a priest and you know when you and you look at certain leadership out here like this is totally antithetical to what we described as so you can see the parallels and you will then you look at especially with the last movie where it is a riff on like

social media world and billionaires and shit obviously Ryan Johnson has political beliefs that come out through the writing of these films and you I see it here very much so with the dogma of politics and how he there's a line here that directly call the son says like you could run for president one day you're like yeah okay he's being a little on the nose about what he's drawing the line to but it's true and and i see that here uh with that one scene where he's literally like gonna just toss them all to the wolves after that all he's he's gonna he's gonna burn them all no matter how devout they are to him he's willing to burn them all for his own benefit even though they know he's fucked up even though they know he's done a lot of

like wrong things they're like no we still follow you no matter what and so i love seeing that theme be placed here because it's coming up at a very relevant time and at a time where i've taken just a big fascination with this subject so thematically on a personal level of what i've grown up with what my interests are and i would agree with you john especially on the part where it doesn't feel as tongue and cheek even though there are some very on-the-nose lines it doesn't feel as winky uh with the way they with the way the mystery goes down because it's he seemed to imbue himself with that weird darkness that catholicism does bring that that that shadow of guilt that it does bring like i i love that glen close is just pushed to give the confession

out of the weight of guilt you know and that's what everyone that's what our main character's dealing with at the very top is how much guilt can imagine motivate this guy. And then Glenn Close, she's just pushed by guilt herself. There was no one who had to call her out on it. She just fucking went for it. Well, the villains have almost no guilt at all

or shame or anything. Yeah, this weirdly felt very human. And as much as there's a commentary on cult, religion, and the way people's belief systems of fanaticism can cause blinders, it also felt very human in the way everyone was orchestrated.

Whereas I haven't seen Glass Onion a very long time, but I remember Glass Onion feeling a little bit, like, quirky in the way they're depicted. A little more heightened characterization. Yeah. Lighter tone. This one had the most naturalistic approach to just, like, the height of the character performances.

Like, everyone's distinct, but they dialed slightly down on, like, the rhythms and the saturation of mannerisms. So, like, stuff was more thrown away in a naturalistic way here in a good way here, I think. Yeah, definitely. Andrew, would you say amongst a three

even though you're figuring out with the movies, would you know which Benoit Blanc performance might be your favorite of the three? Which Benoit Blanc performance? I like them all. I mean, he's fantastic in all three

of them. I think he's doing something different in each one. I think this one, you know, because how he views, use religion. I mean, especially being a gay man. We know he's with Hugh Grant's character from the second movie. So I think that's a fascinating position to put him in in this film. And he doesn't let that get in the way of still solving the crime and knowing that this man does not judge him and he still appreciates him. I think that puts his character again in a very fascinating position to solve the crime. But he doesn't, again, allow that to get in the way.

He's still going to be Ben-Want-Blanc. So I think that gave it the most weight, I think, of the three. but still whenever there's someone he always has to solve the crime but i i would say probably this one because it felt like it wasn't the ban one blanc show like there was an interesting thing that john said to me when we were watching this before he came back into the poll we saw him in the first 20 seconds and then john's like i could stay watching this whole film on uh just hearing all the symbolism and all these things that we're getting on religion and without panama blanc as much as we want to see him. So, but in terms of Benoit Blanc performance, probably this one, just because we had him in a situation just where he was kind of at odds just with the atmospheric place and

just the generality of where they were. So I would say probably this one. Yeah. Good. Good description. Tara, would you know? I would definitely say the first one. Here's the reason why. There's a newness. There's an excitement. We now know the Ryan Johnson, the knives out, the vibe of it. What's going on here. The first one, and when he starts to put all of the puzzle pieces together and explain it to you, you're like, oh, my God, oh, my God. And then you're like, oh, maybe I called it. And they're like, oh, my God, it keeps going. In this one, they cut them off, but they do it in a really, in a well-written way to have Glenn Close finish that part of that story. But we all know that when Benoit Blanc gets going, you're like, hell to the freak. Yeah, this is the touchdown moment. Right.

is the moment we're waiting for where he just like lays it all out and you're like oh god i'm so dumb um which you you kind of like those moments and the little things that you maybe couldn't catch and then he explains it all it's just there's an excitement there it's like you're these movies are like you're playing a game and you think you got most of the puzzle pieces together and you're always like i didn't really know what the hell i was i was thinking at the time but um i i would still go with the newness the the excitement of the first one because it was just we didn't know what we were in for yet and now I would still watch a million of these movies over and over because they're written so well but that excitement the first one

is going to be one that you know for me hold close to my heart for sure that's a great point you make too and that's what I love about these movies even if you feel like you know you have predicted something you're slightly correct there's still a lot more twists that are going to be coming so So, like, I said that Josh Brolin framed himself. Yeah, there was a frame there, but it wasn't Josh Brolin. It was Glenn Close's character. So there's always, like, a few other more twists that are always going to come out. So I always appreciate that in these movies.

John, would you have an answer? I think, yeah, I would agree with Tara. It's, like, the first movie, because so much of that is delivering you this character, and he is, like, the centerpiece of that movie. And he is, like, an immaculate performance in that movie. And it is, yeah, the fresh... It's like this one I think would be my favorite of the Knives Out movies.

I think I would call out him in the first one as my favorite Benoit Blanc performance, but I also like that in the continuation of a series like this, you can use that character slightly differently every time. So, you know, I don't be, it's not like a knock against this movie or anything that he is more of a supporting character.

I think that's cool. But if I want to just like languish in the joy of Benoit Blanc, I'd probably put on the first one. I would like it to get a little more personal with him. I thought this movie was actually tempting that line, but it seemed to kind of pull back.

There's one little criticism to actually throw at this movie, is that it seemed like they were going to do something with him that maybe deals with aging or belief in some capacity or sense of spirituality. You know, like there's a whole moment where the light does shine on him when he's cutting himself off mid-speech and it looked like a moment of enlightenment. I just wish that they did something a little bit more. like the second one introduces that he has a lover and it's like kind of funny that it's Hugh Grant but hey he's in a relationship and he's depressed not having anything to do and he's in the tub with his friend yeah there's like something there and then they they don't really do much here for him to like push it forward when I thought like everything about the way he's coming across and that there's like a weight and an aging to what's happened with him that I thought they would lead into so you know inevitably there'd probably be a next one right and I'd hope that for the next one we decided to go a little bit more personal with the guy but yeah I thought this movie was um shot differently than the other ones too like the lighting the cinematography yeah the framework of what they worked in and I love the change of the weather within like that was so beautiful it made me think of church back then or like people experienced that with indoor situations all the time like we're in a very closed off room right now so you don't get that effect of windows and watching the weather change but in a church you do have to have a

that happen a lot of the time where the weather will change and it feels very New York and it also feels very church-like with that but he also used it to illustrate the symbolism of the of the moments of what these characters were going through I was going to say yeah the parts of the country where like a cloud burst might just roll through for 10 minutes like it does root it's I'm not used to seeing weather acknowledged in that kind of pointed but subtle way and it does make it feel more of the setting more of like a place like New York was here that happens differently. Yeah.

You know? I thought it was kind of interesting how they, like the, the round of characters there, the flock were more used as a thematic representation of being a devotee to the church. Whilst, you know, illustrating a couple of these characters like a Jeremy Renner, ultimately these people will come down to their own selfishness, but they're all seeking some sort of truth or escapism for healing via through God, right? But they weren't really used as suspects. you know the way how the other ones were

the other ones were very much like you are suspects but you only really focus on like a couple of people I mean you could see slight motivations on if they because we did get to a point we're like wait they all are part of this and did it that's what I thought too yeah but I mean more so in the first movie in the second movie

where they gave a real true motivation for each of them but I still like the ensemble and I made that joke too like you know it's not really a who's done and it's a who's in it type of thing. That's part of the game

of these movies. Yeah. And I will say it was really fun not having seen a trailer and not really having any idea of who's going to show up. Like I think that's fun. That's definitely part of the fun.

That was awesome. I mean, they got to cast the rest of Hollywood in the next movie. And you could also do in the next movie to make it even more personal. Just throwing something out there. Could even frame Banwa Blanc for a murder

and then I have to solve it that way because now you're really putting him in a very precarious position. Now we're really going out into left field, like in a spot where he's out of his depth and what are we going to do in this situation? I don't know.

Half this wait and see, but I'd be interested in that's doing something completely different than the first three films when it comes to Benoit Blanc. Give him a Moriarty. Yeah, yeah, someone who's like specifically going after him. Yeah, that's interesting that the suspects are not really

like out of a couple of them they're not really that, like only a couple of them are really interesting people. you know there's not really that much interestingness like outside of a couple of their introductions most of them i don't really give a shit about checking right like when they zoomed in on kerry was like oh and she's moving on like moving her attorney's office i was like i don't know i don't care i was just like okay i like good for her yeah like i guess yeah i guess having them there is like there is a good way to highlight how you know religion and having your group and

people who know like sort of who you are in keeping secrets or keeping control how well those types of people stick together and they don't view it as a cult they just view it as fuck you this is how we do it yeah which is dangerous yeah and the and the whole ritual of like we're supposed to come together and bear our souls and be vulnerable but that also gives us all leverage against each other if ever the tideship and you know yeah you have this cast of like well everyone's an A-lister, so you can't just assume that, like, oh, this one guy they cast has to be more important, you know, so it's like...

Yeah. Yeah, this one felt the most like a book to me out of... I was thinking that, too. Yeah, and certainly with the way that, yeah, with like a number of the supporting characters, they're here, but yeah, you're not really getting intimate with a lot of them. Yeah. Well, I still loved it. I consider my

favorite one still out of the three, while the other two will have their strengths that this one does not have. I personally would consider this my favorite. We've all got our rankings out there in our own way. Glad we could all do this together as a gang and none of us truly solved it. Guys, what did you think about this movie?

Where would you rank this amongst the three Knives Out films? Who was your favorite character? In the top three for me. Amen to that, brother. All right, guys. We'll see you soon. Peace out, Reject Nation. scream inside a quiet Maryland home, a mother trying to protect the family dog and her son in

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